Purpose

To make any required changes to
allocations for the Household Support Fund, responding to
variations in demand over the six-month period (October 2024 to
March 2025) and enabling full spend of the grant.

Decision

ROTHERHAM METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL

RECORD OF OFFICER EXECUTIVE DECISION

Date of Decision:

17th April
2025

Title:

Household
Support Fund - year-end adjustments for 2024/25

Decision Maker:

Jo Brown, Assistant Chief
Executive

Details of Specific Cabinet
Delegation
or Delegation contained in the
relevant Sub-Scheme of Delegation.

Minute 76 of the
18th November 2024 Cabinet decision on Household Support
Fund resolved to:

‘Delegate
authority to the Assistant Chief Executive in
consultation with the Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Social
Inclusion and Neighbourhood Working, to determine revised
and final allocations for the Household Support Grant, to include
provision for other eligible actions within the use of Household
Support Fund should it not be possible to achieve full spend of the
grant through the approved options.’

Decision:

Confirm final allocations for
Household Support Fund (HSF) grant for the period from October 2024
to March 2025, as per the ‘Revised amount’ column in
the table below.

Description

Approved amount

Revised amount

Free school meal
vouchers

1,028,000

1,004,580

Food vouchers for care
leavers

45,000

42,469

Energy costs

1,156,000

515,250

Council tax support

150,000

816,701

Christmas scheme

60,000

Support for essentials via
VCS

50,000

Total

2,489,000

Reasons for the
Decision:

Following approval of the programme by Cabinet
in November 2024, changes have been made to allocations based on
need and demand over the six-month period.

Details of alternative
options considered and rejected:

Alternatives have not been
provided. The revised allocations reflect the accurate final
position and provision of support across the agreed elements of
HSF, enabling support to be effectively targeted and grant to be
maximised.

Conflicts of interest
declared by any Cabinet Member consulted by the decision maker
which relates to the decision:

There are no conflicts of
interest.

Dispensations
Granted:
(If any)

None.

Reports or parts of
reports considered

Household Support Fund update, report to
Cabinet, November 18th 2024

I
certify that this is a true record of the executive decision to
….

Confirm final allocations for
Household Support Fund grant for the period from October 2024 to
March 2025, as per the ‘Revised amount’ column in the
table below.